History AbusiveParents / WesternAnimation

* Mr. Krabs from ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' could very well count as this towards his own daughter Pearl. Considering how much of a cheap bastard he is, this shouldn't seem like a surprise. ** This is especially notable in the episode Whale of a Birthday. He even admits that he was gonna get her nothing.***There was also the episode where Pearl got barnacles on her face. Not wanting to spend a single penny, he makes soap out of Krabby Patties! Man, Spongebob could make a much better dad than Mr. Krabs ever could!

** Tweek's parents. They constantly feed him coffee containing meth; make him work in the back room of their coffee shop and pick up deliveries from a meth lab with no help despite him being only ten years old; use extreme scare tactics to teach him to stay away from strangers; and at one point his father jokes right in front of him about selling him into slavery, even though his son has obvious anxiety and paranoia issues.

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** Tweek's parents. They constantly feed him dangerous amounts of coffee possibly containing meth; make him work in the back room of their coffee shop and pick up deliveries from a meth lab with no help despite him being only ten years old; use extreme scare tactics to teach him to stay away from strangers; and at one point his father jokes right in front of him about selling him into slavery, even though his son has obvious anxiety and paranoia issues.

Reason: To be fair we don't know for sure his coffee contains meth; it's just assumed

** "Hidden Agenda" featured a student whose mother had unbelievable standards for him. When he got a [[TheBGrade 2391 out of 2400]] on the annual exam, 2nd best in the school, she told him flat out he was a horrendous failure who would never get ahead in life. Any sympathy is lost, however, when he's revealed to be a rather psychotic leader of a gang of Jokerz. Then again, his mother may have caused his psychosis, as evidenced by the fact that many of his acts as gang leader are to try and get rid of the one person who is academically better than him.

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** "Hidden Agenda" featured a student whose mother had unbelievable standards for him. When he got a [[TheBGrade 2391 out of 2400]] on the annual exam, 2nd best in the school, she told him flat out he was a horrendous failure ("That just makes you the winning loser") who would never get ahead in life. Any sympathy is lost, however, when he's revealed to be a rather psychotic leader of a gang of Jokerz. Then again, his mother may have caused his psychosis, as evidenced by the fact that many of his acts as gang leader are to try and get rid of the one person who is academically better than him.

** One of the longest [[RunningGag running gags]] in the show is how Cotton feels deep shame over the fact that Hank Never served in the military, and would occasionally refer to him as [[DraftDodging "draft doger."]] While Cotton lied about his age, and went on to fight in the Pacific during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII W.W.2]] when he was fifteen (15) years old, Hank waited until he was eighteen (18) to enlist, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War]] had been over by then. When Hank did enlist, he was disqualified due to having a narrow urethra, a fact that Cotton, [[RunningGag nor anyone else in the cast]] [[NeverLiveItDown let Hank forget.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Nicole Watterson, despite being the OnlySaneMan in the family much of the time, can fall into this with episodes such as "The Fridge" and "The Hero". In "The Fridge" she abandons Gumball in the middle of the desert, and in "The Hero" throws cement cupcakes at Gumball and Darwin for not respecting Richard, something she doesn't even do, and outright refuses to provide for them ''at all'' until they apologize to their father. Her children are so scared of her that, in the episode "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin agree without hesitation that they'd rather face [[TheBully Tina]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Rex]] than incur Nicole's wrath.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': ** Nicole Watterson, despite being the OnlySaneMan in the family much of the time, can fall into this with episodes such as "The Fridge" and "The Hero". In "The Fridge" she abandons Gumball in the middle of the desert, and in "The Hero" throws cement cupcakes at Gumball and Darwin for not respecting Richard, something she doesn't even do, and outright refuses to provide for them ''at all'' until they apologize to their father. Her children are so scared of her that, in the episode "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin agree without hesitation that they'd rather face [[TheBully Tina]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Rex]] than incur Nicole's wrath.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Toshi and Akiko's mother is very abusive to them, she expects them to be perfect at everything they do so they can get into a good college and beats them if they screw up in the slightest such as playing the wrong note in an instrument, she also doesn't allow them any entertainment or even bathroom breaks.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':** Toshi and Akiko's mother is very abusive to them, she expects them to be perfect at everything they do so they can get into a good college and beats them if they screw up in the slightest such as playing the wrong note in an instrument, she also doesn't allow them any entertainment or even bathroom breaks.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': [[WesternAnimation/OperationZERO Grandfather]]. He's ''why'' [[BigBad Father]] is the way he is. Notably, Father's childhood was so bad, that even when it's clear he might be ''stronger'' than Grandfather, he gives up and walks off to go binge on ice cream rather than deal with him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': ** [[WesternAnimation/OperationZERO Grandfather]]. He's ''why'' [[BigBad Father]] is the way he is. Notably, Father's childhood was so bad, that even when it's clear he might be ''stronger'' than Grandfather, he gives up and walks off to go binge on ice cream rather than deal with him.him.** PlayedForLaughs with the one-shot villain "Mad Dad". He is a father-themed villain with boxing gloves who gets mad at operatives after seeing a test with a F on it.

** While he is unquestionably a member of the family, Courage can also be seen as [[InterspeciesAdoption Muriel's adoptive son]], [[spoiler:espicially after seeing the season finale]], which makes Eustace's constant abuse towards him much harsher.

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** While he is unquestionably a member of the family, Courage can also be seen as [[InterspeciesAdoption Muriel's adoptive son]], [[spoiler:espicially [[spoiler:especially after seeing the season finale]], which makes Eustace's constant abuse towards him much harsher.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} episode "The Music Awards", one-shot character Danny is implied to have a father like this. An unused sequel episode would have revealed he was an AlcoholicParent and would have gone into more depth on the issue.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'':** In the WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} episode "The Music Awards", one-shot character Danny is implied to have a father like this. An unused sequel episode would have revealed he was an AlcoholicParent and would have gone into more depth on the issue.issue.** Pizzazz's father was at minimal neglectful. After his wife ran off, he became committed to his work and only gave Pizzazz attention through gifts. This caused Pizzazz's spoiled nature but also caused her to act out in an attempt to either get his attention or get attention elsewhere. Even as an adult, her father's neglect still affects Pizzazz.** WordOfGod is that Roxy ran away from home as a teen, implying she lived in an abusive household of some sort.

** Princess Bubblegum has been implied to have been emotionally neglectful towards her psychotic idiot son Lemongrab, by sticking him in a castle far away from her kingdom and not speaking to him. As much as an ass he was, the fact still stands that she DID make him, then proceed to bully him for an episode.

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** Princess Bubblegum has been implied to have been emotionally neglectful towards her psychotic idiot son Lemongrab, by sticking him in a castle far away from her kingdom and not speaking to him. As much as an ass he was, the fact still stands that she DID did make him, then proceed to bully him for an episode.

** Ozai exiled and disowned Zuko when he was thirteen, for... speaking out of turn in a war meeting (the kid was not supposed to be there in the first place, but the level of punishment was overkill). In addition to ''burning a good fourth of his face off'', Ozai loudly and publicly called Zuko an embarrassing failure and a traitor without honor, for the high crimes of idealism, a degree of rudeness and reluctance to face his father in a duel. One line says all you need to know about how Ozai treated Zuko.

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** Ozai exiled and disowned Zuko when he was thirteen, for... for speaking out of turn in a war meeting (the kid was not supposed to be there in the first place, but the level of punishment was overkill). In addition to ''burning a good fourth of his face off'', Ozai loudly and publicly called Zuko an embarrassing failure and a traitor without honor, for the high crimes of idealism, a degree of rudeness and reluctance to face his father in a duel. One line says all you need to know about how Ozai treated Zuko.

** And in ''WesternAnimation/{{SchoolsOutTheMusical}}'', [[spoiler: H.P and Sanderson are this to Flappy Bob after they adopted him as a baby for their 37 year plan to take over Fairy World. They put him through lawschool and raised him to be a boring businessman, even leading him to believe that business and rushour is fun while playtime is banned. This led to Flappy Bob founding Flappy Bob's Learn-A-Torium and signing a contract that allows the Pixies full domination over both Earth and Fairy World.]]* Peter and Lois from ''WesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}}'' both became this since the revival. Meg has been treated very poorly by her father; he slaps her, beats her, throws things at her, sits on her head and farts on her, and in a cutaway in "Peter's Daughter", he greets her by ''shooting her in the face at point blank range''. She is also frequently belittled by her mother, Lois, calling Meg disgusting for having a normal womanly problem, and at one point even implied that Meg should commit suicide. Lois can't even find it in her to tell her daughter that she loves her, and it is revealed on two occasions that if Meg or the Griffins entirely ended up in a deadly situation, Lois would willingly let Meg die. This is all PlayedForLaughs.

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** And in ''WesternAnimation/{{SchoolsOutTheMusical}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SchoolsOutTheMusical'', [[spoiler: H.P and Sanderson are this to Flappy Bob after they adopted him as a baby for their 37 year plan to take over Fairy World. They put him through lawschool and raised him to be a boring businessman, even leading him to believe that business and rushour is fun while playtime is banned. This led to Flappy Bob founding Flappy Bob's Learn-A-Torium and signing a contract that allows the Pixies full domination over both Earth and Fairy World.]]* Peter and Lois from ''WesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}}'' both became this since the revival. Meg has been treated very poorly by her father; he slaps her, beats her, throws things at her, sits on her head and farts on her, and in a cutaway in "Peter's Daughter", he greets her by ''shooting her in the face at point blank range''. She is also frequently belittled by her mother, Lois, calling Meg disgusting for having a normal womanly problem, and at one point even implied that Meg should commit suicide. Lois can't even find it in her to tell her daughter that she loves her, and it is revealed on two occasions that if Meg or the Griffins entirely ended up in a deadly situation, Lois would willingly let Meg die. This is all PlayedForLaughs.

** Additional neglect and emotional abuse for Meg includes Peter telling her "Who let you back in the house!" and grabbing her by the seat of the pants and kicking her out the door, once when James Woods tied up Brian outside Peter told him "Why are you tied to Meg's pole?", another shows him locking her out in the winter while she's cold and hungry and gets buried under a pile of snow, and in yet another all Lois packed for Meg's school lunch was a photo of herself eating.

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** Additional neglect and emotional abuse for Meg includes Peter telling her "Who let you back in the house!" and grabbing her by the seat of the pants and kicking her out the door, once when James Woods tied up Brian outside Peter told him "Why are you tied to Meg's pole?", another shows him locking her out in the winter while she's cold and hungry and gets buried under a pile of snow, and in yet another all Lois packed for Meg's school lunch was orange peels, the crust of Chris' sandwich and a photo of herself eating.eating a turkey leg.

** [[spoiler:Pacifica Northwest]] has emotional abusive parents to an extent, as their ideas of what is important for her is "winning and looks" and go to parties instead of spending time with her. This gets explored in ''Northwest Mansion Mystery'' when it is shown that her parents are ''even worse'' in that regard. [[spoiler:To the point that if Pacifica goes as so much to disobey her own parents in regards to wearing her dress by her own choice or trying to tell Dipper her parents made her hide the truth about the curse to him, her father responds by controlling her with a simple ring of his bell to keep her in line not unlike one of ''Pavlov's dogs''! All just to keep their wealthy status even if it gets other people killed...]]

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** [[spoiler:Pacifica Northwest]] has emotional abusive parents to an extent, as their ideas of what is important for her is "winning and looks" and go to parties instead of spending time with her. This gets explored in ''Northwest Mansion Mystery'' when it is shown that her parents are ''even worse'' in that regard. [[spoiler:To the point that if Pacifica goes as so much to disobey her own parents in regards to wearing her dress by her own choice or trying to tell Dipper her parents made her hide the truth about the curse to him, her father responds by controlling her with a simple ring of his bell to keep her in line not unlike one of ''Pavlov's dogs''! All dogs'', and all just to keep their wealthy status even if it gets other people killed...killed.]]

** Marge started off a good (if not absolutely perfect) Mother, but similarly became cold. She went from naive but dedicated ("I always thought I understood my special little guy but somehow his hand slipped away from mine" - said after she finds out that Bart has been caught stealing) to bigoted (punishing Lisa for being a Buddhist) and controlling and rude ("How dare you show my Daughter a life of opportunity!") She provided the second quote without any irony.

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** Marge started off a good (if not absolutely perfect) Mother, but similarly became cold. She went from naive but dedicated ("I always thought I understood my special little guy but somehow his hand slipped away from mine" - said after she finds out that Bart has been caught stealing) to bigoted (punishing Lisa for being a Buddhist) and controlling and rude ("How dare you show my Daughter a life of opportunity!") She provided the second quote without any irony. However, she's a very better parent than Homer, with episodes like "The Boys of Bummer" being proof.

* Poor Butters in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' manages to hit every single instance of this trope and then some - he's frequently punished by his parents for every little thing (even if he didn't do anything), yelled at by them, and all-around belittled and humiliated. In "Jared Has Aides", he's alluded to being physically beaten by them; Comedy Central later [[MissingEpisode yanked it off the air]] for this reason, though it can still be seen on the South Park Studios site. In "Pre-School" he is being beaten by a bully, and though his parents hear him screaming and begging they refuse to let him in. It's implied that his uncle abused him sexually at one point. In "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", his parents ''sell'' him to Creator/ParisHilton for $250 million - even though all her pets kill themselves. In "Marjorine" he fakes his death, and his parents are devastated. However when he returns they think he is some sort of demonic monster returned from the dead, chain him in the basement and try to feed him a dead body. His total absence (even as a background character) in the next episode is rather telling, suggesting that he may have been kept in the basement for up to a week.

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* Poor Butters in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' manages to hit every single instance of this trope and then some - he's frequently punished by his parents for every little thing (even if he didn't do anything), yelled at by them, and all-around belittled and humiliated. In "Jared Has Aides", he's alluded to being physically beaten by them; Comedy Central later [[MissingEpisode yanked it off the air]] for this reason, though it can still be seen on the South Park Studios site. In "Pre-School" he is being beaten by a bully, and though his parents hear him screaming and begging they refuse to let him in. It's implied that his uncle abused him sexually at one point. In "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", his parents ''sell'' ''sell him to Creator/ParisHilton for $250 million million'' - even though all her pets kill themselves. In "Marjorine" he fakes his death, and his parents are devastated. However when he returns they think he is some sort of demonic monster returned from the dead, chain him in the basement and try to feed him a dead body. His total absence (even as a background character) in the next episode is rather telling, suggesting that he may have been kept in the basement for up to a week.

** Sadly, in "Super Best Friends" (well before "Marjorine") Butters mentions that he falls asleep to the sound of his own screams, then wakes up screaming most mornings, suggesting he has been traumatised for a long time. Later, in "Imaginationland" we see that it's become so bad, Butters' mental visualization of his father is as some kind of grounding-monster.

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** Sadly, in Iin "Super Best Friends" (well before "Marjorine") Butters mentions that he falls asleep to the sound of his own screams, then wakes up screaming most mornings, suggesting he has been traumatised for a long time. Later, in "Imaginationland" we see that it's become so bad, Butters' mental visualization of his father is as some kind of grounding-monster.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Arguably, the best thing [[{{Satan}} Trigon]] ever did for his daughter was staying out of her life for as long as he did, and while he never actually lays a finger on her, he threatens her friends instead. Thus, [[spoiler:Raven's]] dad convinces her to essentially commit suicide in a ritual that will let him break out of his prison dimension and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt turn the planet into slag and lava]]. [[spoiler:It works. For [[StatusQuoIsGod a staggering three]] episodes, even!]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Arguably, the best thing [[{{Satan}} Trigon]] ever did for his daughter was staying out of her life for as long as he did, and while he never actually lays a finger on her, he threatens her friends instead. Thus, [[spoiler:Raven's]] dad convinces her to essentially commit suicide in a ritual that will let him break out of his prison dimension and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt turn the planet into slag and lava]]. [[spoiler:It works. For lava]], [[spoiler:which works for [[StatusQuoIsGod a staggering three]] episodes, even!]]episodes.]]

* Lord Boxman is like this to his robot "children"/henchmen in ''Series/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''. He ''does'' genuinely love and provide for them, but he's also a serious {{Jerkass}} and CardCarryingVillain who expects slavish devotion and constant success from them in exchange for basic decency. He also doesn't hesitate at all to destroy their bodies [[YouHaveFailedMe when they screw up badly enough]]; this just causes [[RemoteBody them to jump to a new body]] so there's no lasting ''physical'' harm, but the fact that he does it at all is pretty screwed up.

** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business people always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce their son's existence [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

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** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business people always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce notice their son's existence [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce their son's existence [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

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** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business people always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce their son's existence [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce their son's existence and [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

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** Remy Buxeplenty's parents are even ''worse'' as they are rich business always busy with their work and rarely have to time to spend with Remy. They hardly even notoce their son's existence and [[AccidentalMisnaming and tend to forget his name on occasions.]] Timmy actually felt sorry him over this.

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